Peer-refereed Journal Articles:Hillier, E., Beauchamp, G. and Whyte, S. (in press) ‘A study of self-efficacy in the use of interactive whiteboards across educational settings: a European perspective from the iTILT project.’ Educational Futures.

Conference Papers:Hillier, E. and Beauchamp, G. (2014) An Early Evaluation of the Implementation of iPads across a network of primary schools. Paper presented at BERA conference, Sept 2014, Institute of Education, University of London.

Hillier, E. and Beauchamp, G. and Whyte, S. (2012) ‘Towards an effective transition framework – the use of Interactive whiteboards in educational settings: a European perspective from the iTILT project.’ BESA.

Whyte, S., Beauchamp, G. and Hillier, E. (2012) ‘Perceptions of the IWB for second language teaching and learning: the iTILT project.’ EuroCALL.

Conference Presentations:Hillier, E. and Beauchamp, G. and Whyte, S. (2012) ‘Towards an effective transition framework – the use of Interactive whiteboards in educational settings: a European perspective from the iTILT project.’ Presented at the BESA conference, University of Hull. (28 – 29th June 2012)

Whyte, S., Beauchamp, G. and Hillier, E. (2012) ‘Perceptions of the IWB for second language teaching and learning: the iTILT project.’ Presented at the EuroCALL conference, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. (22nd-25th August 2012).

​‘Developing Functional Literacy for 8-14 Year Olds in Wales: An Early Assessment of the Cardiff Language, Literacy and Communication Strategy.’

​Welsh Assembly Government

​2010 - 2011

​Research Assistant

​‘Trainee teachers' physical and mental wellbeing: a study of university and school experience support provision.’

​ESCalate (Higher Education Academy Subject Centre)

​2010 - 2011

​Research Assistant

Profile

Emily Abbinett first joined Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy in August 2010 as a Research Assistant working on an ESCalate funded research project whilst completing her MSc in Social Science Research Methods at Cardiff University. Subsequently, Emily worked on a variety of different research projects including a European project called Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching (iTILT) with 6 other partner countries from the EU 27 and Turkey. The aim of the project was to promote good practice in communicative second language teaching using the interactive whiteboard (http://www.itilt.eu/).

In 2013, Emily was offered a full-time lecturing position on the BA (Hons) Educational Studies course at Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy.

Alongside her teaching commitments, Emily is also studying for a Ph.D. exploring the role of assistive technologies for pupils with visual impairment. The research aims to use a range of innovative methodologies to explore how assistive technology supports visually impaired learners in mainstream primary setting, using links established with the RNIB and specialist visual impairment teachers in South Wales.